“It all relates to networks. Today, anyone can connect with anyone whenever they want and share news, video, audio; and it can all be done WITHOUT it being strained through yesterday’s networks - tv, newspapers, movies, magazines.”
I wish it were actually so. Yesterdays TV, Newspapers, movies and magazines were but nodes in yesterdays networks.
Today, the real-time network nodes are choke points that will allow for government to tax, control, and limit to their hearts content.
You only have the capability to communicate with anyone because those nodes have not been regulated. Net Neutrality starts that process - first by claiming anyone should be able to get anything - then by monitoring the nodes, and then by taxing, regulating, and controlling content.
It’s the natural evolution of government that is unchecked by the people.
And therein lies the problem for government. The internet has no limited central choke points through which data flows. They'd have to shut down the whole thing to get control. And since it has become so ubiquitous, that day has come and gone. If it were tried, the world would literally shut down.
It is similar to the Tea Party's lack of centralized control. They can't find a central target to attack.
Now this isn't to say that government won't TRY to control it. Sure they will. But I think they'll fail. Net Neutrality is already dead.